Sibu District

Sibu District
Sibu District
	Sibu District Office is housed inside the Islamic complex.
	Districts of Sarawak
District Office location	Sibu
Local area government(s)	Sibu Municipal Council (SMC); Sibu Rural District Council (SRDC)
Area
• Total	2,229.8 km2 (860.9 sq mi)
Population (2010)
• Total	240,165
• Density	110/km2 (280/sq mi)
District Officer	Awang Yusup bin Awang Mostapha
License plate prefix	QS
Ethnicity	Chinese (47.2%) ; Iban (28.0%) ; Malay (10.0%) ; Melanau (5.9%) ; Non-Malaysians (5.9%) ; Bidayuh (0.73%)
Website	http://www.sibudo.sarawak.gov.my/

Sibu District is an administrative district in Sibu Division, Sarawak, Malaysia covering a total area of 2229.8 km².^[2] It can be divided into Sibu Town area (129.5 km²)^[3] and the rural areas (2,100.3 km²). The satellite township of Sibu Jaya (26 km away from the Sibu city) is included in the rural areas.^[4] Sibu District is under the purview of Sibu District Office located at Sibu Islamic Complex, Sibu City. There are currently two local authorities namely Sibu Municipal Council (SMC)^[3] and Sibu Rural District Council (SRDC)^[5] that administers Sibu City and Sibu rural areas respectively.

^ ^a ^b "Total population by ethnic group, sub-district, and state, Malaysia, 2010 (Table 28.1, page 376)" (PDF). Statistics Department, Malaysia. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 February 2015. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
^ "Official Website of Sibu Resident Office". Sibu Resident Office. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
^ ^a ^b "History Of Sibu Municipal Council (SMC)". Official Website of Sibu Municipal Council. 29 August 2014. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
^ "Sibu Jaya Township". AmCorp Properties Sdn Bhd. Archived from the original on 30 July 2013. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
^ "Background". The official website of Sibu Rural District Council. Sibu Rural District Council. 2014. Archived from the original on 20 December 2012. Retrieved 18 March 2015.

[ethnicitytotal-1] "Total population by ethnic group, sub-district, and state, Malaysia, 2010 (Table 28.1, page 376)" (PDF). Statistics Department, Malaysia. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 February 2015. Retrieved 18 March 2015.

[SibuResident-2] "Official Website of Sibu Resident Office". Sibu Resident Office. Retrieved 18 March 2015.

[SMCHistory-3] "History Of Sibu Municipal Council (SMC)". Official Website of Sibu Municipal Council. 29 August 2014. Retrieved 18 March 2015.

[4] "Sibu Jaya Township". AmCorp Properties Sdn Bhd. Archived from the original on 30 July 2013. Retrieved 18 March 2015.

[5] "Background". The official website of Sibu Rural District Council. Sibu Rural District Council. 2014. Archived from the original on 20 December 2012. Retrieved 18 March 2015.

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